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The British Empire and its impact on International Relations

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Empire and European rivalry in the 19th and early 20th centuries; ‘Splendid Isolation’ and retreat from it
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Colonial wars and their impact, and Empire and World Wars
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Empire and Britain’s relations with League of Nations and UN; Empire and Britain’s relationships with USA; Empire in the age of the Cold War, the Commonwealth; relations with Europe and EEC
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Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, An old man and an old woman playing at neck tug-of-war, circa 1850. JWP 31.34 (accession number), SOAS Library.
George E. Cormack, Romanov Tercentenary Parade: military columns (distance) formed in front of the G. P. Rofast (Г.П. Рофастъ) Mechanical Gymnasium, 1913. MS 380660/02 (soas manuscript number), SOAS Library. © SOAS University of London.
Group of Sinhala adults and children playing, 1960. PP MS 19/6/SING/0087 (SOAS Archives catalog number). Photograph: Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. © Nicholas Haimendorf.

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Governance and administration
Opposition
Periphery and Britain
Impact on international relation
​​Depth studies
​British India
Palestine
Kenya

Cold War in Asia

Key Topics
Western Policies
The Korean War
Indochina
​Wars in Vietnam and Cambodia
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  • Home
  • About
  • The British Empire
    • Key Topics >
      • The governance and administration of the Empire
      • Opposition to British Rule
      • The impact of imperial power on the periphery and Britain
      • The British Empire and its impact on International Relations
    • Depth Studies >
      • British India: The War of 1857 and its consequences to 1876
      • Palestine 1914-1948
      • Nationalism in Kenya 1945 - 1965
  • Cold War in Asia
    • Western Policies in Post War Asia
    • The Korean War
    • Indochina
    • Vietnam and Cambodia
  • Contact